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This is not a repeat from the mid-1980s: A young man committed a
heinous crime, and detectives are investigating the connection between
his acts and a popular game.

Tyler Savage raped and killed a 16-year-old mentally disabled girl,
then went to a friend's house to play some Dungeons & Dragons Online
to help "cope" with what he had done. Now detectives are considering
the possibility that Savage may have been inspired by the game to
commit the crime.

"Detectives investigating the strangulation death of 16-year-old
Kimmie Daily are trying to determine whether her accused killer might
have been acting out a violent fantasy from Dungeons and Dragons.

The video game theory comes from something Tyler Savage himself said
to investigators. He talked about playing a video game to cope with
what he'd just done. Detectives now want to know if that game somehow
became his point of reference on reality."

If Savage had mentioned playing basketball, golf, chess, or poker to
"cope" with what he had done, there would be no similar investigation.
This is total speculation on my part, but I think the name "Dungeons &
Dragons" may have something to do with this.

Then we see a classic example of an article that doesn't agree with
its headline:

"Detectives are working with an expert in sexually violent fantasies
to explore the video game motive, but the true cause for this crime is
still unknown. They aren't blaming a game for this violence, but they
are trying to understand what triggered this murder and why."

"(Detectives) aren't blaming a game for this violence" doesn't exactly
match the title: "Detectives: Murder motive may have been video game
fantasy." This happens a lot with stories like these, when the
journalist writes the story, and the editor decides what the title
will be.

The odds are that when this comes to trial, Savage's lawyer will
attempt a game defense, which has never worked. When it doesn't,
they'll switch to something else, like an insanity plea. History will
likely repeat itself due to those who refuse to learn from it.

Read the full article here: http://www.komonews.com/news/local/101525398.html

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